HED5003

Evaluating Teaching and Learning (6 points)

(EDU)

Leader: Dr A Onsman

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: On successful completion of this unit, participants should be able to: - Explain the need for assessment tasks to align with learning outcomes design or choose assessment tasks that best allow such alignment. - Review assessment tasks for their ability to distinguish the extent of students' attainment. - Distinguish between marking procedures based on criterion matching versus ranking. - Distinguish summative (grading) from formative or feedback functions of assessment. - Use a range of information sources to gather feedback on the effectiveness of your teaching - Identify the multi-faceted variations that exist amongst students, and seek to take account of those variations.

Assessment: Assessment consists of four tasks: - an examination of the alignment of Learning Objectives to Assessment tasks of an extant unit; - an examination of three different kinds of assessment tasks in terms of discrimination; - the design of a set of marking criteria; and a reflection on the processes of student evaluation of teaching and learning. Each assessment task serves as an addition to the professional folio started in HED 5002

Contact Hours: Equivalent of 2 hrs per week (face-to-face and on-line)

Prerequisites: First degree or equivalent

Corequisites: Concurrently teaching